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STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS
PUBLIC NOTICE- ESSA 2023-2024
Posted 6-15-23. Click the title below for more information on the ESSA Federal Grant Funding.
For information or comments, contact ESSA District Contact, Kourtni Parnell, 254-799-0983
PUBLIC NOTICE- ESSA 2022-2023
Posted 6-15-22. Click the title below for more information on the ESSA Federal Grant Funding.
ESSA 22-23 public notice
PUBLIC NOTICE - ESSA 2021-2022
Posted 6-30-21. Click the title above for more information on ESSA Federal Grant Funding.
PUBLIC NOTICE- ESSER II & III
Updated 8.25.21. Click the title above for more information on ESSER Federal Grant Funding.
Mission
To improve student achievement through district and campus parental involvement, the effective use of compensatory budgets, and monitoring supplemental services for students.
Services and Responsibilities
- ESEA Parent Advisory Committee Meetings
- Provide guidance to campuses for identification of students at risk of dropping out of school
- Collaborate with Offices of Human Resource and Professional Development assuring hiring of appropriately certified Teachers and highly qualified Instructional Paraprofessionals
- Collaborate with private nonprofit schools pertaining to federal grant submissions
- Submit, monitor, amend and file compliance reports for assigned TEA grant applications
- Provide policy guidance to district and campuses in use of state and federal compensatory budgets
- Oversee compliance of compensatory programs
Parent and Family Engagement Resources
Region 16 Service Center - Parent and Family Engagment
Title I
The purpose of Title I is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.
State Compensatory Education (SCE)
The goal of the SCE program is to provide additional resources to reduce any disparity in performance on assessment instruments or disparity in the rates of high school completion between educationally disadvantaged students, at-risk students, and all other students.
The purpose of the SCE program is to increase academic achievement and reduce the dropout rate for these students by providing supplemental programs and services.
Contact Us
Waco ISD Administration Building
501 Franklin Avenue
P.O. Box 27
Waco, Texas 76703
Phone: (254) 799-0983
Kourtni Parnell, M. Ed.
Director of Intervention/State and Federal Programs